“ARKIPELAGORYA: A COMPOSITE NOVEL” “ARKIPELAGORYA” is a composite novel on what lies between the islands as a metaphor. The novel’s title is a portmanteau of “arkipelago” (archipelago) and “alegorya” (allegory). STRUCTURE AS METAPHOR The novel’s structure takes the nature of the “composite novel” or “short…
TULAKARATULA: MGA TULA SA PAGTUTULAK NG KARITONG PUNO NG KARATULA NG PUSO Sabi ni H. Francisco V. Peñones Jr., isang published author sa Bikol at kasalukuyang kinatawan ng Bikol sa National Commission on Literary Arts (NCLA), nagustuhan niya raw ang pamagat dahil sa consumerism quality…
Breakfast (6:00 – 8:00 a.m.) Session 7: Fellow Bernardo Aguay Jr. & Moderator Vim Nadera (8:00 – 9:45 a.m.) Break(9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.) Session 8: Fellow Januar Yap & Moderator Roland Tolentino (10:15 – 12:00 p.m.) Lunch (12:00 – 2:00 p.m.) Session 9: Fellow…
Breakfast (6:45 – 9:30 a.m.) Preparation for UP Baguio Trip (9:30 – 11:00 a.m.) Pictorial (11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) Lunch/Arrival of Second Batch of Panelists (11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) Panayam at UP Baguio (1:00 – 3:00 p.m.) Museum Tour at UP…
VJ Campilan VJ began by stating that the dominant themes of her work are displacement and the estrangement of third-world kids. She narrated that she was uprooted when her family moved abroad. When she came back home, her sense of the country drastically changed. Moderator…
WHAT I WRITE, HOW, AND WHY It is said that the things we encounter when we are children have a particularly lasting effect on us. I know this to be true in my case. I still cherish the first books I ever read, and I…
HOW I WRITE Thirty years na akong writer pero nakalimutan ko na kung paano magsulat. Thirty years. Nagsimula akong magsulat noong 10 years old ako. Dahil mahilig akong magbasa ng Komiks, yun din ang unang sinulat ko… Komiks. Complete with drawing. Kahit hindi naman ako…
WRITING WHILE I STILL CAN, WRITING BECAUSE I MUST What I write, how, and why It’s difficult to live nowadays in a country such as this and not be compelled to write, if only to meditate upon the tragic course we are heading as a…
Breakfast (6:45 – 9:30 a.m.) Session 4: Fellow Victorette Joy Z. Campilan & Moderator Vlad Gonzales (9:30 – 11:15 a.m.) Lunch (11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) Session 5: Fellow Noreen Capili & Moderator Ramon Guillermo (1:00 – 2:45 p.m.) Break (2:45 – 4:00 p.m.) …
Niles Breis Noong araw, kung may sampung Bicolano, malamang na siyam sa kanila ay kasapi ng New People’s Army o NPA; ang natitirang isa, sympathizer. Ito ang lumang birong naibahagi ni Breis kaugnay sa kanyang proyektong mga sanaysay na “Pan de Nora ng Armadong Sombra…